作为民主党青睐的候选人，佐治亚州参议员乔恩·奥索夫将在2026年美国中期选举中寻求连任；与此同时，阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德则作为民主党候选人参与密歇根州的参议院竞选。这两位民主党人的背景与政策主张大相径庭，反映出党内存在的分歧。他们的竞选结果甚至可能影响民主党在2028年总统大选前的走向。
Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democratic favourite, is running for re-election in Georgia in the 2026 US midterms while Abdul El-Sayed is a Senate candidate in the battleground state of Michigan. The two Democrats have very different profiles and platforms, underscoring divergences within the party. They could also determine the party's future ahead of the 2028 presidential election.
佐治亚州现任参议员奥索夫（左上图）与密歇根州的民主党参议院候选人埃尔-赛义德（右上图）。© Graphic studio FMM（合成图）长期以来，共和党人一直对这两位民主党参选人怀有敌意。随着11月3日中期选举日益临近，双方的竞选交锋也愈发激烈且充满火药味——偶尔还显得颇为滑稽。
Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff (top left) is running for re-election in the November 2026 US midterms while Abdul El-Sayed (top right) is the Democratic candidate for the Senate from Michigan. © Graphic studio FMM (composite) Republicans have had it in for Senator Jon Ossoff and Abdul El-Sayed, both Democratic candidates for the US Senate, for a while now. As the November 3 midterms approach, campaign battles get more stinging, bruising – and at times, amusing.
身为佐治亚州现任参议员的奥索夫长期以来都是唐纳德·特朗普总统攻击的目标。不过这位37岁的民主党人也绝非任人拿捏的软柿子。就在特朗普在社交平台Truth Social上称这位佐治亚州民主党人为“奥索夫议员（混蛋！）”几个月后，奥索夫便机智地回击了总统的得力助手娜塔莉·哈普。他指责特朗普根本无心“履行职责”，还调侃这位美国总统只想着“修建自己的舞厅，然后和娜塔莉一起乘坐那架看似毫无防御能力的空中宫殿四处游玩”。
Ossoff, the incumbent senator from Georgia running for re-election, has long been in President Donald Trump’s sights. But the 37-year-old Democrat can give as good as he gets. Just months after Trump called the Georgia Democrat “Senator Os(jerk!)off” in a Truth Social post Ossoff hit home with a quip on the president’s zealous aide, Natalie Harp. While accusing Trump of not wanting to “do the job”, Ossoff remarked that the US president simply wants to “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace".